Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Every Friday (except when I'm traveling or on heavy deadline), I like to work a half-day so I can pretend I'm a good cook and try a new recipe out in the kitchen.

I was thinking that I'd start sharing my Friday dinner treat with you! (Yeah, we'll see how many Fridays this lasts. But bear with me for now? And even though it's Wednesday, let's do this!)

Last Friday I made an easy dish that was very special to me: Shrimp Reuben Po' Boy.

A little background... I love New Orleans. I mean it--love, love, love. I was lucky enough to visit last year, and we ate a meal at Antoine's, where they served this Po' Boy. What I have in the recipe below is probably my own take on the sandwich since I didn't get the recipe from Antoine's. Also, I kind of like the taste of breaded and fried shrimp better than regular shrimp. I paired it with a Riesling to balance the sauerkraut and served it with a side of homemade kale chips, which I'll include below, too.

Slather the bottom of the halved roll with Remoulade sauce. Pile on the shrimp, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese, then heat in microwave until the cheese melts.

Get ready for pure yumminess.

kale chips

Heat oven to 200 degrees. Tear kale into pieces and lay it out over a cookie sheet. Drizzle olive oil over the pieces, then sprinkle sea salt to taste. Put in oven for 10 minutes. Take out, turn over leaves, and put in for another 10 minutes until crisp. (Watch the amount of oil you put on--you don't want soggy leaves. Crispy is good!)

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

This is the first in my new Ghost for Hire series from Roc! Jensen Murphy is, yes, a ghost, and she's on the trail of a could-be murderer. Is he guilty? Or is she "booing" the wrong man into a confession?

February, 2014, is the release date!

Here's the full back blurb:

You know the theory
that ghosts are energy trapped when someone dies violently? It’s true. I know
it for a fact...

My name is Jensen Murphy, and thirty years ago I was just an
ordinary California
girl. I had friends, family, a guy who might be The One. Ordinary—until I
became a statistic, one of the unsolved murders of the year. Afterwards, I
didn’t go anywhere in pursuit of any bright light—I stayed under the oak tree
where my body was found, and relived my death, over an over. So when a psychic
named Amanda Lee Minter pulled me out of that loop into the real world, I was
very grateful.

So I’m now a ghost-at-large—rescued by Amanda (I found out)
to be a supernatural snoop. I’m helping
her uncover a killer (not mine—she promises me we’ll get to that) which should
be easy for a spirit. Except that I’ve
found out that even ghosts have enemies, human—and otherwise…

I've turned in the second book and am awaiting a date for that one, too. :)